However, it's not just the passage of time and the exerting of effort that leads to success. You know the saying, "If you keep doing what you've always done then you will keep getting what you've always got." If you want a different result then it means time must still pass but the exerted effort will have to change.
The Wright Brothers followed that idea in their pursuit of flight by meticulously recording all of the factors involved in every attempt to fly along with every adjustment they made in the design of their plane and the manner in which they operated it. It was that iterative process that ultimately led to their success. (See The Wright Way: 7 Problem-Solving Principles from the Wright Brothers That Can Make Your Business Soar!
) Even that success and the work leading up to it was preceded by work making bicycles and the brothers drew upon some of what they learned from that effort when they began their pursuit of flight. The following NY Times article Eureka! It Really Takes Years of Hard Work backs up this idea of evolving hard work and time being required in the pursuit of innovation. It dispels the myth of getting rich quickly and innovators having that "aha" moment and closes with a quote by Louis Pasteur that really resonated with me - "Chance favors the prepared mind." Others have said that Luck = Opportunity + Readiness. Regardless, it's about preparation up to a point where all the necessary factors for success are in place. You could wonder then if innovation is something someone actually does or if it is the result of someone creating or facilitating the right circumstances for innovation to occur through the passage of time and exertion of a particular effort. Hmmm???
